11.03.04 12:29am -
Today, or yesterday rather, was a rather normal day... nothing was really new. James and I hung out in the morning. We went to go vote, and we came home. Went out to eat, then came home again and I took a nap. When I awoke James was already gone over to a friends house so I decided to do some laundry and spend some time with my Plumeria plant from Hawaii. As I moved my plant out of the way of the sprinklers so I could tend to it, I noticed something rather shiney and kinda of purple stuck the the underside of one of the leaves. Now... if you know anything about Bakersfield, then you know that we don't have many butterflies. Thinking that it was rather odd, I just left it as is and wandered back inside to work on some stuff on the computer. Chii and Darc came in as usual to be with me, but when Chii jumped on my desk she lunged for my shoulder! Moving quickly out of the way I turned to see what she was after... there was the butterfly... just... laying there. It was cold outside and now getting dark so I decided to keep it for a bit. I put her on the hawaiian flowers that James had gotten me for my birthday just a few days before, and closed her and the flowers in the bathroom so she would have some peace from the cats. When James came home, I told him about my encounter and told him to be careful if and when he ever opened the bathroom door. Thinking this whole thing was quite curious, James decided to look for himself... stange thing was... he never saw the butterfly... he just thought I was making the whole thing up! I went in and tried to show him, but I couldn't find it either! I wonder where it is hiding...